State Environment mpact Assessment Authority (SEIAA)

State of the Climate in Asia 2024

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …

Tribunal stops housing project lacking environmental clearance

Imposes a fine of Rs 3.2 cr, tells panel to file report within a month The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of Rs 3.2 crore and ordered that work on the Rs32.48 crore doctors residential colony in Panthaghati be stopped for failing to obtain the mandatory environmental …

SEAC review of env clearance proposals starts today

The 237th meeting of the State Environment Assessment Committee (SEAC) will be held here on October 12 and 13. The Committee among other agendas would review environment clearance proposals for major minerals mining and industrial projects, official sources informed. Notably, the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) in Chhattisgarh is already …

Major realty projects to get environment nod in Mumbai

Major real estate projects in Mumbai will now get environment clearance (EC) in Mumbai itself. The newly set up environment cell of the BMC will grant EC to real estate projects admeasuring 20,000 square metre to 1,50,000 square metres. Major real estate projects in Mumbai will now get environment clearance …

'Not laws, but connect with nature will save planet'

Sustainable development is the focus of the nation and people today need cleaner greener cities believes N Krish nakumar, chairman of State Environment Impact Assess ment Authority (SEIAA). In an interview with Oppili P, he talks about the need for public partici pation and how the authority will scrutinise developmenta …

Slaughterhouse in Aligarh under NGT scanner

The order came on a plea filed by an environment activist Shailesh Singh against the slaughterhouse situated at Talaspur Khurd under Koal tehsil of Aligarh. A slaughterhouse in Aligarh has come under the lens of the National Green Tribunal for allegedly dumping solid waste and discharging untreated effluents in drains. …

Govt to sell sand in open market to control price

Bhopal: A day after banning extraction of sand through machines in rivers across the state, the Madhya Pradesh government will now sell sand directly in the market in a "transparent manner" and issue quarry licenses to societies and self-help groups run by women and youth. The mining policy will be …

Will NGT give the green light to controversial Bengaluru steel flyover? Final arguments on January 30

CHENNAI: The Bengaluru steel flyover proposed by the Karnataka government, after having run into protests from the garden city’s environmentally-conscious residents, is soon set to have its fate decided by the National Green Tribunal. The southern bench of the NGT will hear the final arguments in for and against the …

Steel flyover: BDA yet to apply for eco-impact clearance

Bengaluru: The controversial steel flyover between Basaveshwara Circle and Esteem Mall, Hebbal has run into a green road block after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order has made State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) clearance mandatory. The BDA had to face a public backlash to the project and over the …

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